IMSA has launched an up to date entry checklist for the 63rd annual Rolex 24 At Daytona and the Roar Earlier than The Rolex 24, with all 61 authentic groups remaining on target to compete within the opening spherical of the IMSA season.
Automobili Lamborghini Squadra Corse continues to be prone to compete with its previously-announced quartet of Mirko Bortolotti, Romain Grosjean, Daniil Kvyat and Edoardo Mortara within the No.63 Lamborghini SC63 prototype.
The opposite entry that was unsure in GTP was the No.5 Proton Competitors Porsche 963, although additionally it is on the latest entry checklist. Following the announcement of Gianmaria Bruni’s transfer to JDC-Miller MotorSports, the No.5 Porsche will now be pushed by Neel Jani, former JDC-Miller driver Tristan Vautier, and LMP2 graduate Nico Pino of Chile, plus area for a fourth driver to be named later.
All LMP2 line-ups are actually set for the second, with affirmation that Dylan Murry would be the Silver-rated driver aboard the No.88 ORECA 07 for AF Corse (PECOM Racing).
In the meantime in GTD PRO, solely the line-ups of Paul Miller Racing’s two BMW M4 GT3 EVOs have but to be determined, however most seats are actually stuffed up on the different groups.
This consists of Jules Gounon because the fourth driver within the No.75 75 Categorical Mercedes-AMG GT3, the place he joins Maro Engel, Mikaël Grenier, and Kenny Habul, and Maxime Martin, who will make his Mercedes-AMG manufacturing facility debut with GetSpeed within the No.69 automotive.
The newest entry checklist additionally confirms virtually all the 22 GTD entries and their four-driver crews, together with current bulletins from Vasser Sullivan Racing, Triarsi Competizione, and Van der Steur Racing.
Eddie Cheever III is now entered within the No.023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3, with the previously-announced Ricciardo Agostini transferring into the No.50 AF Corse Ferrari, the place he joins Custodio Toledo, Ferrari Driver Academy alumnus Arthur Leclerc, and Conrad Laursen.
Scott Andrews returns to Lone Star Racing, with previous GT World Problem America Champion Eric Filgueiras, and Mercedes-AMG manufacturing facility driver Ralf Aron becoming a member of crew proprietor Dan Knox within the No.80 Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Three-quarters of Gradient Racing’s line-up for the brand new No.66 Ford Mustang GT3 has been set, that includes Ford Efficiency manufacturing facility driver Joey Hand, a return for Gradient Racing mainstay and Lola Vehicles proprietor Until Bechtolsheimer, and Colombian Tatiana Calderon, who drove for the crew final 12 months.
Nicki Thiim has been confirmed to reprise his position because the fourth driver for Magnus Racing. Within the crew’s remaining IMSA race, Thiim shares the No.44 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 with John Potter, Andy Lally, and Spencer Pumpelly.
David Fumanelli and Franck Perera fill out the final vacancies at Inception Racing and Forte Racing, respectively.
A glance over the brand new entry checklist additionally has a couple of driver slots that had been beforehand introduced by their respective groups now showing as TBDs. However that is extra possible as a consequence of finalizing paperwork and purposes for the occasion, and never a suggestion of any last-minute driver modifications – excluding Austin Cindric changing the injured Ben Barker within the No.64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT3.
